We tend to forget that modern humanity is largely sheltered from the last vestiges of wild untamed Earth and that our way of life bears little resemblance to how our ancestors lived during 90 percent ...
A fire crackles just after dawn in north Tanzania's bushlands. The sun is starting to rise over the Yaeda Valley and the start of a new day means one thing for the Hadza tribe. It's time to begin ...
Hadza hunter-gatherers of northern Tanzania have developed a deep and mutually beneficial relationship with the Greater Honeyguide bird, which, as its name indicates, leads people to sources of wild ...
The Hadza are the last people on the planet to live continuously as our earliest ancestors did in the exact place of our collective birth, the Rift Valley in Tanzania. Now threatened by environmental ...
Unlike most Western guys and gals looking for love, Africa’s Hadza foragers pair up without regard to each other’s size and strength, a new study finds. And that stature-may-care approach underscores ...
We’re just beginning to understand the ecosystem in our guts. We’re teaching them to kill dangerous bacteria, and it may serve as a key to understanding body type. But changing our gut bacteria is a ...
HAMBURG — For more than two decades, Herman Pontzer, professor of evolutionary anthropology and global health at Duke University, has studied human metabolism and energy expenditure, especially in ...
The Hadza, people who inhabit the Lake Eyasi region of northern Tanzania, trace their lineage to the earliest known ancestors of mankind. The documentary “The Hadza: Last of the First” explores their ...
Unlike most Western guys and gals looking for love, Africa’s Hadza foragers pair up without regard to each other’s size and strength, a new study finds. And that stature-may-care approach underscores ...